Alessandro a young boy from Rome, finally is able to crown his dream: to work in the showbiz and he begins to do it, without needless to say, as an intern. The cast with which begins is an Italian television series (very popular in Greece): "Gli occhi del cuore 2" (The eyes of the heart 2). Alessandro remains initially disconcerted from the method of work of the director René Ferretti, who gives up completely to the quality of the product, to adopt the system called "a cazzo di cane" (messily / to fucking dog), and from the acting qualities of the protagonists, Stanis La Rochelle, which boasts of his acting style "British" and Corinna Negri, nicknamed "the Bitch". The new hired intern finds comfort only in the first assistant director, Arianna, the only one that tries to teach him the job and to insert him into the environment, despite hers methods rather rude. Alessandro is so involved in this set of pure delirium, whims and of poor artistic quality, but to bring home a meager salary as intern, he will continue to work for René Ferretti and his ramshackle crew of "Occhi del Cuore 2" (Eyes of the heart 2).

Review

It often happens that, on Thursday evening, you find in television the nice big face of Terence Hill in the role of Don Matteo (Father Matteo). The question I ask myself every time I see the priest of Gubbio is: "but what is this stuff?" (actually I think to another thing but I don't want to be vulgar). Then, after formulating in my mind an indefinite number of insults to the director of photography, I think instinctively to "Boris". Why? The reason to those who have already seen it is clear, as "Boris" deals openly all the platitudes and technical lacks typical of the dramas made in Italy.

This tv series reveals the mechanisms of the drama, bringing the viewer to the hyperuranium of the television rubbish: it's the only one that critics in a concrete way the world, the one of the television, based on a general mediocrity, where the most good one is discarded for the most recommended one.

For every protagonist of the series is assigned a vice, which distinguishes the Italian artistic mentality in television: René, the director, has talent but is lazy and always wants to finish the shootings as soon as possible, Duccio the director of photography is the classic cocaine addict, Corinna is the actress who had the role thanks to hers sexual services and finally Stanis, convinced that the Italian cinema/television is lower than the American one.

The level of the actors is the envy of any producer, Francesco Pannofino over all. His raucous voice and his facial expressions make him one of the best performers in Italy, although he hasn't had the recognition he deserves in the cinema world, just as dubber of the actors of first level.

"Occhi del Cuore 2" (Eyes of the Heart 2) (the drama that is shooted in "Boris") is the classic product of low alloy, as "Un Posto al sole" (A place in the sun) for example,
baked hot for the voracious mouths of the public, which is satisfied with the classic and boring love story between Garko and Arcuri, and it's here that borns the main criticism of "Boris". The lack of a Tv with quality, of a television series that, as it's happening in the rest of the world, is close to the cinema times: I can't imagine a series like "Lost" made in Italy, which is not a lack of ideas or Italian actors less good than American ones, but simply for a mentality that prefers a secure profit than the innovations.

"Boris" was the first italian television series to get interested me, the fist who led (risking a lot) a critique comedy against a world that the public knows little. Unfortunately "Boris" has been unique in its genre and since 2010, the year of the last broadcasted series, it wasn't produced anything like it. We continue to watch atrocities as "Il peccato e la Vergogna" (The Sin and the Shame) (or whatever it's called) without having a minimum of critical sense but trust me, if you will watch "Boris" at least once, you can no longer bear any other level Z TV series.

Rating

For the lovers of the genre, "Boris" is unavoidable, the only Italian cult series that has proved the existence of the possibility of making television with high quality, without the need of colossal productions. Taking a broader discussion, if you are looking for a good Italian product and you want to get out of the televisive routine, YouTube is filling up with excellent series created for the web, completely free, funny and some very well done technically. My advice is to go in search of new products, leaving the world of the small screen (TV), otherwise you continue your weekly television lobotomy, edited by Terence Hill.

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Quotes

«Gentlemen I apologize to all of you, but this drama is really terrible.»